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Ivermectin, the livestock anti-parasitic drug that became a popular yet unproven COVID-19 treatment, could be available in Texas without a prescription if a bill passes this special legislative session.

House Bill 25, filed by state Rep. Joanne Shofner, R-Nacogdoches, would not put the drug out on pharmacy shelves. But if her bill passes both legislative chambers, ivermectin would be available upon request from behind the pharmacist’s counter as Texans already do for other drugs, like Sudafed.

“If it didn’t work, no one would be interested in it,” Shofner said Tuesday. “The results speak for themselves and everyone has a story about how they took ivermectin and th

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